Just in time for the weekend, read our review of an Italian-made blood orange liqueur. A bright addition to cocktails or seltzer, it’s a class above “your garden-variety triple sec,” writes Charles Passy in today’s Personal Finance pages.

Plus, as gasoline prices continue to rise, Kelli B. Grant offers tips on making the most of supermarket fuel discounts. And get details on the winter storm hitting the East Coast on Friday and what it could mean for the area’s ski resorts.

— Alice Hagge, staff editor

Storm already stranding travelers

Winter Storm Nemo could affect more than 50 million Americans this weekend as the blizzard plows into the northeast’s I-95 corridor and dumps more than two feet of snow in some areas. Storm already stranding travelers.

Ski resorts cheer blizzard’s arrival

A ‘bloody’ good Valentine’s Day bottle

The Italian-made Solerno comes in a curvaceous bottle in the style of Italy’s signature Murano glass, and has that tell-tale red color. And that makes this Weekend Sip especially timely for the weekend before Valentine’s Day. A ‘bloody’ good Valentine’s Day bottle.

The world’s weirdest theme parks

Getting a vacation-home loan: no day at the beach

It’s still not easy getting a loan to buy a new vacation home. Tougher underwriting requirements and other obstacles related to a property’s location have created borrowing challenges for even wealthy home buyers. Getting a vacation-home loan: no day at the beach.

$600 Valentine’s Day roses

Want to make a big statement on Valentine’s Day? Then ditch the familiar two foot-long roses in favor of some plus-size posies. $600 Valentine’s Day roses.

Americans swear off french fries

For decades the most popular of side orders, the French fry is beginning to lose its dominance, according to a new study. As chain restaurants boost their array of healthier offerings, both the number of servings of French fries and the dish’s share of total food sales is dropping. Americans swear off french fries.

2013 tax code cheat sheet

In January, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA). Let’s look at some of the tax provisions that could impact your life this year, and some of the proposals you still have a say in. One person with rational suggestions can make a difference. 2013 tax code cheat sheet.

INVESTING

Jim Stack: Still right — and still bullish

Individual investors are starting to buy U.S. stock funds again. Some experts worry that we’ve come too far, too fast. Not financial market veteran Jim Stack, who is still bullish, writes Howard Gold. Jim Stack: Still right — and still bullish.

Israel’s Fischer King: a central banker’s legacy

Last decade’s financial meltdown and the Great Recession that followed have left the global economy strewn with villains — and produced one hero. Amotz Asa-El looks at the strong record of Stanley Fischer, who recently said he would step down as governor of the Bank of Israel. Israel’s Fischer King: a central banker’s legacy.

Great Rotation equals sloppy thinking

Here’s where you can go to beat U.S. dividends

Though dividend ETFs are not the same asset type as bonds and are not meant as a perfect replacement, safe high-yielding dividend stocks do provide a regular and reliable source of income that, unlike many bonds, have yields above the inflation level. Here’s where you can go to beat U.S. dividends.

America needs immigration for economic growth

Big deficits needed for next 4 years: CBO

The U.S. economy is still badly crippled by the aftershocks of the Great Recession and needs several more years of high deficit spending to hasten its return to full employment, writes Rex Nutting. Big deficits needed for next 4 years: CBO.

Can Al Jazeera conquer America?

It has the task of getting past some Americans’ ill-informed prejudices and reaching more U.S. homes so its work can speak for itself, writes media columnist Jon Friedman. Can Al Jazeera conquer America?

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